Jamie Oliver is a 33-year-old celebrity chef from London. He owns a successful restaurant in London's West End. Oliver has made nine TV cooking shows, written several cookbooks, and performs around 20 live cooking demonstrations each year. His career took off at a young age - by age 8, he was already cooking at his parents' restaurant. After culinary training, he worked under three famous chefs in London. At age 21, a TV producer spotted Oliver and his first TV show was a success due to its informal style and use of simple recipes with fresh ingredients. Oliver credits his recipe for success as being a combination of luck, passion for cooking, and culinary knowledge.
Jamie Oliver is a 33-year-old celebrity chef from London. He owns a successful restaurant in London's West End. Oliver has made nine TV cooking shows, written several cookbooks, and performs around 20 live cooking demonstrations each year. His career took off at a young age - by age 8, he was already cooking at his parents' restaurant. After culinary training, he worked under three famous chefs in London. At age 21, a TV producer spotted Oliver and his first TV show was a success due to its informal style and use of simple recipes with fresh ingredients. Oliver credits his recipe for success as being a combination of luck, passion for cooking, and culinary knowledge.
Jamie Oliver is a 33-year-old celebrity chef from London. He owns a successful restaurant in London's West End. Oliver has made nine TV cooking shows, written several cookbooks, and performs around 20 live cooking demonstrations each year. His career took off at a young age - by age 8, he was already cooking at his parents' restaurant. After culinary training, he worked under three famous chefs in London. At age 21, a TV producer spotted Oliver and his first TV show was a success due to its informal style and use of simple recipes with fresh ingredients. Oliver credits his recipe for success as being a combination of luck, passion for cooking, and culinary knowledge.
Jamie Oliver is a 33-year-old celebrity chef from London. He owns a successful restaurant in London's West End. Oliver has made nine TV cooking shows, written several cookbooks, and performs around 20 live cooking demonstrations each year. His career took off at a young age - by age 8, he was already cooking at his parents' restaurant. After culinary training, he worked under three famous chefs in London. At age 21, a TV producer spotted Oliver and his first TV show was a success due to its informal style and use of simple recipes with fresh ingredients. Oliver credits his recipe for success as being a combination of luck, passion for cooking, and culinary knowledge.
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AL NAHDAH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Teacher:____________ Name: ---------------------
Subject: Comprehension Grade: 4A/ B/ C/D/E
Read the following passage and use the information in the passage to answer the questions.
Jamie Oliver (THE CELEBRITY CHEF)
At only 33, Jamie Oliver is now an extremely successful and well-known chef, with his own acclaimed restaurant in the Centre of London. He has made nine TV series, written several books, and still does around twenty live shows a year. He doesn’t have much free time any more. How did he make it big? Well, his rise to fame and fortune came early and swiftly. By the age of eight he had already started cooking at his parents’ restaurant. It was an easy way to earn a bit of pocket money! After two years in catering college, and some time spent in France, he started working in restaurants. He worked under three famous chefs in London before he was spotted by a TV producer at 21, and his life changed. Even though he had very little experience, he had a great deal of enthusiasm for cooking, and was very natural in front of the camera. His first TV program featured him rushing around London on his scooter buying ingredients and cooking for his friends, all to a rock and roll soundtrack. The recipes were simple-they didn’t involve complicated cooking techniques and used plenty of fresh ingredients and herbs. It attracted a completely new audience that previously had no interest in food programs. Jamie Oliver became an overnight success. So what’s his recipe for success? ‘A little bit of luck, a little bit of passion, and a little bit of knowledge!’ he says.
A. Choose and circle the correct answer in each question.
1 1. How many TV series has Jamie made? a. eight c. ten b. nine d. forty
2. How many live shows does he do in a year?
a. twenty c. none b. thirty d. hundred
3. What is Jamie’s profession?
a. Teacher c. Carpenter b. Chef d. Wood carver
4. How many chefs did he work under in London?
a. five c. twenty-one b. three d. thirty-three
5. Who is Jamie Oliver?
He is an extremely successful and well- known chef.
6. When did he start cooking at his parent’s restaurant?
By the age of eight, he had started already cooking in his parents’
restaurant.
7. What kind of ingredients did he use to prepare the recipes?
He used fresh ingredients and herbs.
8. According to Jamie, what is his recipe for success?
A little bit of luck, a little bit of passion, and a little bit of
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